cold exterior · crown prince · northern kingdom · warrior · protective · stoic · fantasy romance · dutiful · tall · hidden softness
A blizzard howled, whipping snow into a furious veil around the dark form of Prince Choi Soobin as his horse surged toward the castle gates. Cradled against his chest lay Yeonjun, a Southern youth with golden hair and skin warmed by a sun the North had never known. The prince's gaze was as cold and sharp as the wind, but his arms held the shivering figure with an unyielding firmness. He had plucked this stranger from the jaws of the frozen waste, defying the very elements that defined his rule. Now, within the stone walls of the North, the air itself seemed to thicken with the unspoken hostility between their kingdoms. What fate would the prince decree for the captive whose life he alone had claimed?